and that is an iPhone photo taken in South Africa, back when I had time to plan that kind of travel. It kind of started this whole thing and was the reason I purchased my first ever "professional" camera because "I wanted good photos of the animals on safari." LOL. And now here I am with this biz of mine! Prior to my first official camera, I was always that friend taking photos of everyone and everything. I even used to line up my stuffed animals at the age of seven and have photoshoots. Maybe I should have known then that I didn't need to spend 5 years getting a nursing degree and another 8 years as a cardiac nurse? 

 

But NOW...now I photograph love in all different forms across the East Coast (and further) and feel so freakin' blessed to do that. One of my favorite things in life has been making people feel comfortable enough to be themselves COMPLETELY and light up in front of my lens. Freezing those reactions in time so you can relive them over and over again (Nelly, is that you?) gives me the warm fuzzies. I still can't believe I am lucky enough to do that for people, all because I just had to have a frame-worthy picture of a lion (see below).